SOUTH, CENTRAL, AND WEST ASIAN ARTS

INDIA

Periods Of Indian Art

1. Ancient
2. Classical
3. Mogul

Ancient Period
 Bronze and Copper Statuettes
 Adjanta Cave of Mahastra (30 Rock-Cut Cave Monuments)
 Adjanta Cave of Mahastra (2nd Century to 600 CE)

Classical Period
 Shiva (The Destroyer) Shiva The Cosmic Dancer
 Shiva Four-Armed Figure
 Shivas Arms
Fire, Drum, Reassuring Gesture, Dwarf
 Evolution Period
Vedisim-Hinduism or Brahmanism
 Mahabharata & Ramayana Emerged

Mogul Period
 Enrichment of Indian Culture in Painting and Architecture
 Taj Mahal was built in 1632 (Shah Jahan)

Diwali
 Hindu New Year celebrated by Hindus in India (Oct-Nov)
 Exciting & colorful holiday
 Homes are cleaned to welcome New Year
 Windows are opened for Hindu Goddess of Wealth (Lakshimi)
 Hindu burns special Diwali clay lamps (Diyas)
 “Festival of Lights”

Rangoli
 Most beautiful and most pleasing art forms of India
 “Rang” means color
 “Aavalli” meaning colored creepers or row of colors.
 “Rangoli” – The art of making designs or patterns on the wall.
 “Rangoli Motifs” – Mangoes, creepers, flowers, swans, and peacocks.

PAKISTAN
 1. Pre-Islamic
2. Islamic
3. Colonial
4. Post-Colonial

Pre-Islamic
 Mojenjo Daro
 Harrapa
 Kot Diji

Truck Art

UZBEKISTAN
 Known for printed cloth.
 Printed tablecloths, curtains, bedspreads, shawls, and coverlets.

Ceramics
 Part of life’s daily routine.

KAZAKHSTAN
 Nomads used to draw in rocks (Petroglyps).

TAJIKISTAN
 Art of decorative carving.
 Tajik’s carving gradually changed to Arabian inscription.

TURKMENISTAN
 Most beautiful carpets in the world are produced by Turkmenistan.
 Carpets have been traditionally woven out of wool, cotton, and silk.

Ketani Cloth
 An object of one of the wonderful traditions of the turkmen people.

KYRGYSTAN
 Textile made from felt of sheep.

Shirdaks
  Hand-made carpet

Tush Kyiz
 Large elaborately embroidered wall hanging.
 Made by women to women to commemorate the marriage of a son or daughter.